NVIDIA RTX A4500 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4500 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX A4500 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4500 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 817 MHz
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 276.0 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Around 53% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 3840
2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 108339 vs 78113

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Texture fill rate	276.0 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 3840
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	108339 vs 78113

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 140 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4500 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

108339

78113

Name	NVIDIA RTX A4500 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	108339	78113
PassMark - G3D Mark		13365
PassMark - G2D Mark		590
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		332.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3804.175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		26.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		154.696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1038.55
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8225

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A4500 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA106
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	145	142
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	1282 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	552.0 GFLOPS (1:32)	153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.66 TFLOPS (1:1)	9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	17.66 TFLOPS	9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5888	3840
Pixel fill rate	144.0 GPixel/s	61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	276.0 GTexel/s	153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready